Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.

I'd rather speak as a student of philosophy. Philosophically it makes no sense, absolutely makes no sense. Why should people inherit evil things when their memories could contain and should invoke good things?

Each man was his own executioner and his own victim.

When you die and go to heaven our maker is not going to ask, 'why didn't you discover the cure for such and such? why didn't you become the Messiah?' The only question we will be asked in that precious moment is 'why didn't you become you?'

Except if it has some historical meaning for them to have Tibet under their control. I don't understand why [ Chinese] want it so much.

Only fanatics — in religion as well as in politics — can find a meaning in someone else’s death.

Some stories are true that never happened.